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The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed with two lower courts that dismissed lawsuits filed by two pastors seeking to prevent the state’s governor from imposing future restrictions on religious worship. In its opinion issued Thursday, the court said freedom of religion is an essential tenet of democracy and restrictions on religious worship must be viewed with a great deal of skepticism. But the judiciary is not the forum to debate and resolve hypothetical questions regarding the constitutionality of restrictions that were lifted long before any legal action was filed. "Moreover, public officials who act under emergent conditions and make careful, discretionary decisions based on the best information available are immune from personal liability if those actions are later determined to be contrary to the law," the five justices said in the opinion . "For those reasons, we agree with our trial courts that the appellants’ claims could not proceed." Gov. John Carney’s office did not respond to a Thursday email seeking comment. Lawyers at the Neuberger Firm, one of the firms representing the pastors, said they were still digesting the ruling. "We have 90 days to look into that which may be an error in an area not often […]